Though we are a couple I am curious as to volunteering opportunities for a single. All the opportunities seem to be for couples.

We have been several places and worked with a single volunteer. Typically they have been larger programs where perhaps the odds just favor finding a single in among the couples.

Some places require additional hours from the single, the most common I've seen is USFWS sites requiring 32 hours/week from a single vs. 24 hours/week from each member of a couple. And we know two couples where the husband volunteers and works the necessary hours but the wife does no volunteer hours.

We've run across sites now that ask a total number of hours for a site, without caring how the hours are accomplished. And we have been to places where the requirement is 24 hours per person, whether the site is occupied by a single or a couple. 

I just looked at Volunteer.Gov under FWS listings and scanned the first 5 entries for resident RV volunteers. All of them listed provisions for a single, or at least didn't require a couple. Some ask for the 32 hours, others 24.

Thanks  I forgot about volunteer.gov

Edited March 15, 2017 by SWharton

in some cases they may prefer couple but are willing to accept a single if you ask. All I have ever done was as a single.

I am single and have volunteered in State and National Parkes. The State Park required 24 hours a week for my RV site. The National Park I am going to this summer will require 32 hours. 

It depends on the needs of the facility  We have worked with singles,  we have worked with couples where only one worked.  It also depends on how many have applied and how many rv sites are available.  

Following this thread.  My wife has an internet business that owns her throughout the day (and often in to the evening) so ideally if we can find a place where I can volunteer would be great....especially since I come from a maintenance background.

What is the "FWS" listings mentioned above?

Fish and Wildlife Service

Many of their postings can be found on Volunteer.gov

I volunteer with Habitat and other groups.  They and others are glad to take singles.  Check out Habitat Careavanners.

  On 4/24/2017 at 2:04 AM, mptjelgin said:

 

Fish and Wildlife Service

Many of their postings can be found on Volunteer.gov

 

 

Better yet, use the USFWS volunteer page to go directly to the facility that you are considering. 

Not necessary, there are still many options available for singles too for volunteering in the field of wildlife and humanitarian.

Workamper.com just did a feature on positions for singles in their magazine

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

24 hours a week is $174 or $696 a month.
32 hours a week is $232 or $928 a month

24 hours per couple each is $348 or $1,392 a month

Walmart & McDonald's pay much more per hour.

  On 4/14/2018 at 7:47 PM, Biker56 said:

The current federal minimum wage is $7.25 per hour.

24 hours a week is $174 or $696 a month.
32 hours a week is $232 or $928 a month

24 hours per couple each is $348 or $1,392 a month

Walmart & McDonald's pay much more per hour.

My wife and I have volunteered over 14,000 hours in the past 8 years. It has absolutely nothing to do with equivalent pay.  Nothing. Nada. Zero. 

It seems that every time a volunteer topic comes up someone feels the need to point out the poor "pay".  If you need an income then Walmart and McDonald's are definitely the way to go. But obviously that isn't the reason that folks volunteer. 

If you don't like to volunteer or don't think it is worth your time, great. Don't volunteer. But don't feel like you need to educate those of us who do on what the value of our time is. Because you don't get it...

Money comparisons have absolutely nothing to do with volunteering!!!!  That's not the idea of volunteering.  Do volunteers in a soup kitchen compare what they could be making at McDonalds?